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eKo art

I don't want the world ... I just want your half.

About Me

Ask my therapist ... no wait, don't. This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

My Interests

Making art (collage, photography, jewelry, graphic design) hanging with my husband, stepkids and pets, good friends who make me laugh, tennis, the ocean, nature, camping, hiking, gardening, discovering new music, movies, writing, people with open hearts and open minds, collecting Mexican Folk art, floaty pens, sock monkeys, Mexico, Ireland, vacations, road trips, Halloween, and good ol' spicy Cajun food!

I'd like to meet:

Interesting peeps who like to make art, laugh, listen to good tunes, get real and argue about stuff that matters.

Music:

So many ... Beck, Liz Phair (early stuff), Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, The Ramones, They Might Be Giants, Sugarcubes, anything blues, Robyn Hitchcock, XTC, World Party, The Pixies, Frank Black, Deathray Davies, The Smiths, Psychedlic Furs, Muddy Waters, G Love & Special Sauce ...

Movies:

Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Grosse Point Blank, American Beauty, High Fidelity

Television:

Six Feet Under, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Project Runway (lighten up, it's just fashion), The Office, Coupling, Survivor, My Name is Earl, craft shows

Books:

Too many to list ... Anything by John Irving, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut or Hunter S. Thompson. Right now I'm reading Cosmic Banditos ...

Heroes:

My mom, Mark, Justin (not necessarily in that order)

My Blog

Random, shrandom ...

My fabulous artist friend Betsy has tagged me to do a random things blog. And since I love a good game of tag and randomness in general, I happily agreed to play along! Before we get started on my ran...
Posted by Stoopie on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:27:00 PST

Nippin & trippin

A cautionary tale of two hep cats and a trip gone wrong ...A little nip in the morning hits the spot!I just need to get up in there ...Aaah, this is some premo shit!!!Hey, why you laying down? Whatcha...
Posted by Stoopie on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:36:00 PST

who you calling a nimbus?

I just got back from a long, girls' weekend with my mom. We met in Indianapolis for the RCA Men's Tennis Championships (which was fun even though my two favorite tennis guys -- Andy Roddick and James ...
Posted by Stoopie on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:42:00 PST

Aye Caramba! 666

First of all, let me say I'm not really superstitious. I have a black cat. I don't have a "lucky" T-shirt and I don't believe in 7 years of bad luck because of broken mirrors. In fact, I break mirrors...
Posted by Stoopie on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:19:00 PST

Eastern painted eggs

Yesterday when Mark came home from work, he noticed a turtle near the driveway. It was a really hot and humid day, and we assumed the turtle got lost. So my stepson picked him (?) up and returned it t...
Posted by Stoopie on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:18:00 PST

Makes me wanna holler ...

 and throw up both my hands ...Most days I listen to the blues on my headphones while I work my crappy, mind-numbingly boring desk job. It just seems to fit the general ambiance of the office (cubicle...
Posted by Stoopie on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:50:00 PST

The cellar dweller ...

The sun was spilling in through the blinds as I awoke this morning. A blue, blue cloudless sky ... birds chirping, squirrels squeaking and a mysterious noise.Thump, thump ..."What is that weird noise?...
Posted by Stoopie on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:25:00 PST

Who did you think I was?

So tomorrow is my birthday. I can hear the collective, "Oh, how old are you?' so I'll go ahead and tell you ... 38. That hurt less than I thought it would. I normally don't fret about birthdays, or ab...
Posted by Stoopie on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:15:00 PST

Inspiration and haunting images

I'm a huge fan of the PBS series "Independent Lens." I TIVO every episode and watch it as soon as I get the chance. Since the torrential rains came this weekend, and I didn't have to work at my second...
Posted by Stoopie on Mon, 21 May 2007 06:12:00 PST

Wow, intolerance

Today's word boys and girls is intolerance. It has reared it's ugly head early this morning, and I feel the need to comment on it. This morning, one of my myspace friends posted a bulletin regard...
Posted by Stoopie on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:51:00 PST